Nov 11 Vets reveal the stories in their tattoos in new exhibit 'War Ink' By Alexis Cox As the U.S. combat mission in Afghanistan prepares to wind down later this year, more American veterans are returning home and struggling to process their wartime experiences. "War Ink," new online exhibit, uses tattoo art to spark conversations with war… Continue reading
Nov 11 Photographer captures portraits of vets and things they carried home from war By WTVS, Detroit Public Television Jennifer Karady is a photographer who works with veterans to create what she calls "staged narrative photographs" about the psychological effects of war. Watch a Detroit Public Television report. Continue reading
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Oct 28 Watch Winter coming, displaced families fleeing Islamic State must improvise basic shelter By PBS News Hour In cities across the north of Iraq, thousands of displaced families who have fled the Islamic State don't have even the walls of a tent. Special correspondent Jane Arraf reports from Iraq, where the approaching winter could be as deadly… Continue watching
Oct 27 Watch News Wrap: U.S., British forces leave Afghan military base after 13 years By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, American and British troops were airlifted from a major military base in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province, closing the facility after 13 years of use. Also, a suicide bombing in central Iraq killed at least 24 people,… Continue watching
Oct 09 Watch 8:44 Panetta: Time of unprecedented threat calls for debate on leadership By PBS News Hour Leon Panetta was involved in the war on terror, the assassination of Osama bin Laden and the wind-down of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Now the former CIA director and defense secretary is out with a memoir that has… Continue watching
Sep 30 Watch U.S. and Afghanistan sign security agreement as new leadership takes over - Part 1 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 30 Watch Understanding the U.S. security agreement with Afghanistan - Part 2 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch News Wrap: Kabul suicide attack darkens Afghan presidential inauguration By PBS News Hour Continue watching